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BT Sport has changed the landscape with its $1.4B Champions League rights deal.

BT has "achieved its biggest sporting coup yet over Sky," winning the rights to show Champions League football matches in a £900M ($1.4B) deal, according to Mance & Thomas of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The deal, announced on Saturday, "strikes at the heart of two decades of football broadcasting dominance by Sky." However, "it is likely to raise questions about whether BT is paying too much for sports rights," to which it has now committed nearly £2B ($3.2B).